# Charity Commission Register Search (England & Wales) (`onibaku/uk-charity-register`) Actor

Search all 170k+ registered charities in England and Wales by name, postcode area, income, cause, beneficiaries, area of operation or registration date. Contact details, finances and classifications from the official daily register extract. No API key needed.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/onibaku/uk-charity-register.md
- **Developed by:** [Onibaku](https://apify.com/onibaku) (community)
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $2.00 / 1,000 charity returneds

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

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You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Charity Commission Register Search (England & Wales)

Search **all 170,000+ registered charities in England and Wales** (plus 210,000 removed ones) and export them as a
clean table: name, charity number, income and spending, year end, address, phone, email, website, company number,
what the charity does, and optionally its causes, beneficiaries and areas of operation.

Filter by name, postcode area, income band, cause, beneficiary group, how the charity works (e.g. grant-makers),
where it operates, registration date or removal date. **No API key needed**: the actor reads the Charity
Commission's official register extract, which is refreshed every day.

[![Watch the 20-second overview](https://img.youtube.com/vi/q2wxB3TFFj0/maxresdefault.jpg)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2wxB3TFFj0)

### What it's for

- **Fundraising and grant research:** find every grant-making charity working with children in Yorkshire, or all
  charities with income over £1m funding the environment.
- **B2B sales to the charity sector:** build lead lists for software, insurance, audit, payroll and consultancy, by
  size and location, with published contact details.
- **New registrations:** catch charities registered in the last week or month (`registeredFrom`).
- **Due diligence and monitoring:** look up a list of charity numbers and check status, latest income, whether
  accounts are overdue (`reportingStatus`), insolvency or administration.
- **Research and journalism:** income distributions, charities removed since a date, sector mapping.

### Input

| Field | What it does |
| --- | --- |
| `nameContains` | Part of the name. Spaces and punctuation are ignored, so `food bank` also finds `FOODBANK`. |
| `charityNumbers` | Look up specific registered charity numbers. |
| `postcodePrefixes` | Contact postcode starts with: `LS` (all of Leeds), `M1`, `SW1A`. `LS1` won't match `LS11`. |
| `areasOfOperation` | Where the charity says it operates: `Leeds City`, `Wales`, `Kenya`. |
| `causes` | What it does: Education/training, Animals, Disability, Prevention or relief of poverty… (17 options). |
| `beneficiaries` | Who it helps: Children/young people, Elderly/old people, People with disabilities… (7 options). |
| `activities` | How it helps: Makes grants to organisations, Provides services… (10 options). |
| `activitiesContain` | Text in the charity's own description of its activities. |
| `status` | `registered` (default), `removed` or `all`. |
| `minIncome` / `maxIncome` | Latest annual income in pounds. |
| `registeredFrom` / `registeredTo` | Registration date range. |
| `removedFrom` | Removed from the register on or after this date. |
| `cioOnly` | Only Charitable Incorporated Organisations. |
| `withContactDetailsOnly` | Only charities with a published email, phone or website. |
| `includeLinkedCharities` | Include linked (subsidiary) charities, which are left out by default. |
| `includeClassifications` | Add `causes`, `beneficiaries`, `howItHelps` and `areasOfOperation` lists to each row. |
| `sortBy` | `charityNumber` (default), `incomeDesc` or `registeredDesc`. |
| `maxResults` | Stop after this many (default 1,000). |

**Grant-makers for children and young people in Leeds, biggest first:**

```json
{
    "activities": ["Makes grants to organisations"],
    "beneficiaries": ["Children/young people"],
    "areasOfOperation": ["Leeds"],
    "sortBy": "incomeDesc",
    "includeClassifications": true
}
```

**Food banks in Manchester and Leeds:**

```json
{
    "nameContains": "food bank",
    "postcodePrefixes": ["M", "LS"]
}
```

### Output

```json
{
    "charityNumber": 274192,
    "linkedCharityNumber": null,
    "organisationNumber": 274192,
    "name": "PENNINE CAMPHILL COMMUNITY",
    "status": "Registered",
    "type": "Charitable company",
    "isCio": false,
    "registeredOn": "1977-09-16",
    "removedOn": null,
    "latestIncome": 3290877,
    "latestExpenditure": 3207172,
    "financialYearEnd": "2025-07-31",
    "reportingStatus": "Submission Received",
    "address": "Pennine Camphill Community, Camphill Wakefield, Wood Lane, Chapelthorpe, Wakefield",
    "postcode": null,
    "phone": "01924255281",
    "email": "info@camphill.ac.uk",
    "website": "https://www.camphill.ac.uk",
    "companyNumber": "01294923",
    "activitiesDescription": "Day and Residential college for students with learning difficulties and disabilities.",
    "insolvent": false,
    "inAdministration": false,
    "causes": ["Education/training", "Health or saving of lives", "Disability", "Animals", "Economic/community development/employment"],
    "beneficiaries": ["Children/young people", "People with disabilities", "The general public/mankind"],
    "howItHelps": ["Provides buildings/facilities/open space", "Provides services"],
    "areasOfOperation": ["Barnsley", "Doncaster", "Bradford City", "Calderdale", "Kirklees", "Leeds City", "City Of Wakefield", "North Yorkshire", "Staffordshire", "Essex"],
    "registerUrl": "https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/274192",
    "extractDate": "2026-10-24",
    "source": "Charity Commission for England and Wales register extract, Open Government Licence v3.0"
}
```

### Pricing

**$0.002 per charity returned, plus $0.005 per run.** 1,000 charities cost $2.005.

Each run downloads and scans the full daily register (about 400,000 records), which takes 15–30 seconds; the start
fee covers that.

### Good to know

- Data is as of the Commission's latest daily extract (`extractDate`). Income and spending are from the latest annual
  return the charity filed.
- Contact details are what the charity published on the register. Many small charities don't publish an email.
- Trustee names are deliberately left out.
- Scottish (OSCR) and Northern Irish charities are separate registers and are not included.

### Use it from Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor (MCP)

AI assistants can call this actor as a tool through Apify's MCP server. Add this server URL to your MCP client and
sign in with your Apify account when prompted:

```
https://mcp.apify.com?tools=onibaku/uk-charity-register
```

### Data source and licence

[Charity Commission for England and Wales register of charities data extract](https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/register/full-register-download),
under the [Open Government Licence v3.0](https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/).

### More UK public data actors from Onibaku

- [UK Planning Constraints Checker](https://apify.com/onibaku/uk-planning-constraints)
- [UK Food Hygiene Ratings (FSA) Search](https://apify.com/onibaku/uk-food-hygiene-ratings)
- [Ofsted Ratings & Report Cards](https://apify.com/onibaku/uk-ofsted-ratings)

Questions or feature requests? Open an issue on the actor's Issues tab or email admin@onibaku.co.uk.

# Actor input Schema

## `nameContains` (type: `string`):

Part of the charity name, e.g. "food bank" or "scouts".

## `charityNumbers` (type: `array`):

Look up specific registered charity numbers, e.g. 1089464.

## `postcodePrefixes` (type: `array`):

Contact postcode starts with, e.g. "LS" (all of Leeds), "M1" or "SW1A".

## `areasOfOperation` (type: `array`):

Where the charity says it works, e.g. "Leeds City", "Wales" or "Kenya".

## `causes` (type: `array`):

Match any of these charitable purposes.

## `beneficiaries` (type: `array`):

Match any of these groups.

## `activities` (type: `array`):

Match any of these, e.g. "Makes grants to organisations" to find grant-makers.

## `activitiesContain` (type: `string`):

Searches the charity's own description of its activities.

## `status` (type: `string`):

Registered (default), removed from the register, or both.

## `minIncome` (type: `integer`):

From the latest annual return.

## `maxIncome` (type: `integer`):

From the latest annual return.

## `registeredFrom` (type: `string`):

Find newly registered charities (YYYY-MM-DD).

## `registeredTo` (type: `string`):

Registered on or before this date (YYYY-MM-DD).

## `removedFrom` (type: `string`):

With status Removed or All: charities removed from the register since this date.

## `cioOnly` (type: `boolean`):

Only Charitable Incorporated Organisations.

## `withContactDetailsOnly` (type: `boolean`):

Only charities that publish an email, phone number or website.

## `includeLinkedCharities` (type: `boolean`):

Linked (subsidiary) charities are left out by default.

## `includeClassifications` (type: `boolean`):

Adds four list columns. Takes about a minute longer.

## `sortBy` (type: `string`):

Order of the results.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Stop after this many results.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "nameContains": "food bank",
  "status": "registered",
  "cioOnly": false,
  "withContactDetailsOnly": false,
  "includeLinkedCharities": false,
  "includeClassifications": false,
  "sortBy": "charityNumber",
  "maxResults": 1000
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `overview` (type: `string`):

No description

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "nameContains": "food bank"
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("onibaku/uk-charity-register").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "nameContains": "food bank" }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("onibaku/uk-charity-register").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "nameContains": "food bank"
}' |
apify call onibaku/uk-charity-register --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,onibaku/uk-charity-register"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/NR53fcuKHNKc0fOZj/builds/anqgkJhcmHkkF8ura/openapi.json